Latest Features on Classic Rock
How a grunge legend alienated his entire fanbase with a curveball solo record
Not everyone wants to get on board when artists take a creative left turn
Debate: What's the best album of 2025?
Your opportunity to get in on all this end-of-year list hysteria
“My first boyfriend introduced me to The Wall. It was the only interesting thing about him”: Joanne Harris’ prog stars
She explains why prog makes her think of Barnsley, lists some of her favourite records and recalls taking her daughter to a Genesis tribute show only to hear her say: “Ah yes, Mastodon!”
The story of the Dinosaur Jr. classic recorded on the verge of implosion
Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis and bassist Lou Barlow recall the tribulations of third album Bug and the classic Freak Scene
Decades after a spliff-weilding start, Solstice have finally hit their stride
Prog stalwarts Solstice could have had Marillion's success - they just didn't want it
“The others kept putting it off. Finally I said, ‘We’ve got to do it now’”: Unique band faced the climate crisis head on
Adding elements of jazz digital percussion and alternative composition techniques to their already eclectic sound, they’re so convinced by their new direction that their seventh release will be the second part of their sixth
“We were asked to do Glastonbury. I had no intention”: John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest and the demons that drive him
New album Relativity gave him flashbacks to the 70s – and though the factors that led to his split with Les Holroyd are all in the past, he can’t see how a reunion might happen
If you have a friend who loves Ozzy Osbourne or Black Sabbath, these present ideas should hit the right note this Christmas
If you have a friend who loves Ozzy Osbourne or Black Sabbath, these present ideas should hit the right not this Christmas
Heartbroken and stricken with cancer, Stephen Dale Petit built his masterpiece Be The Love
Stephen Dale Petit's Be The Love is an album that burns with the urgency and creativity of a man on borrowed time
The story of the seventies classic "inspired" by John Lee Hooker that paid for the drummer's Lamborghini
"Of course Slow Ride is about sex,” says Foghat drummer Roger Earl. "All rock'n'roll songs are about sex, aren’t they?"
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 15, 2025
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Starbenders, DeWolff, Stanley Simmons and more
Modern prog stalwart and Asia guitarist John Mitchell gears up for guest-heavy London show
John Mitchell & Friends play Dingwalls this week - and it promises to be a night filled with surprises
The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2025
Twelve months of life-enriching, extraordinary new music
“I said we shouldn’t do Another Brick In The Wall at the school fête”: Slow Horses showrunner Will Smith’s record collection
Stand-up, actor, novelist and producer on how much Marillion means to him, the four lines of Jon Anderson lyrics that bring him to tears, his favourite Vangelis soundtrack and his claim that Dire Straits are a prog band
Farewell to Orange Goblin: one of Britain's best, most brilliantly bonkers bands
They've shook hands with Dio, hung out in a strip club with Lemmy and helped found Britain's stoner metal scene, but now Orange Goblin are taking their final bows
Best Christmas gifts for Iron Maiden fans: Rock the festive season with our pick of perfect presents
From clothes to colouring books, these Maiden-related pressies are sure to go down a treat over the festive season
The story behind Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley's final recording
"I didn’t recognize him. He looked like an 80-year-old man"
